Cephas Chiduku

• Working with the Forensic Hospital Service Director and the Clinical Director as a representative on forensic mental health nursing.
• Involved in the Forensic Hospital administrative services including strategic planning, financial performance, policy and governance, and workforce matters.
• Taking lead in the day-to-day nursing operations of the Forensic Hospital in alignment with the relevant models of care and ensure the application of NSW Ministry of Health and Justice Health NSW policy and guidelines; and support the development of hospital policy and specialist practices.
• Promote a safety culture within the hospital to ensure the monitoring of clinical risks, safety protocols and Work Health Safety systems are consistent and complied with across the hospital.
• Support the Service Director and General Manager to manage and direct the implementation of change within the Forensic Mental Health System, workplace culture, processes, specialist practices, staff and resourcing to help sustain these changes to meet established strategic deliverables, especially in relation to Nursing.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with external stakeholders, including judicial bodies, the Ministry, and Local Health Districts, to best support the General Manager for Mental Health.
• Ensure and lead quality improvement and governance activities, especially for nursing services across the Forensic Hospital, to have it remain a Centre of excellence; and support research, training and teaching programs across the hospital to support its specialist model of care.
• Promote and model professional leadership for nursing staff and ensure clinical and managerial supervision is in place for all nursing staff within the Forensic Hospital.
• Lead and promote a patient/consumer focus, ensure patient advocacy systems are in place, and ensure greater involvement of patients in their care planning.
• Lead developments in forensic mental health and implement programs and activities.
• Management and resolution of human resource and industrial relations matters in a complex and highly specialised health environment.
• Managing a challenging workload with competing priorities, including balancing therapeutic aspects of nursing care with patient and staff safety within the Forensic Hospital.
• Support and enhance a culture of safety and reduction of restrictive practices, clinical innovation and quality, evidence-based care.

• Overall operational management of the Forensic Hospital after hours
• Monitoring and matching staffing levels and skill mix to service need and bed management.
• Advising (NUMs) on operational issues to ensure safe and effective mental health service delivery
• Ensures transparent rostering, cost-effective use of resources and minimising costs related to sick leave, agency and overtime
• Timely and effective response, resolution, communication, documentation and evaluation of all incidents occurring after hours.
• Coordination of emergency situations providing support to staff and patients who may have been involved in an incident.
• Co-ordinate training and emergency drills for staff and maintain database of staff who have completed training and drills.
• Assist in managing staff performance issues and provide support and facilitate the professional development of NUM's and other nurses in the Forensic Hospital in consultation with the Deputy Director of Nursing.
• Assist in the development and implementation of systems to promote the effective monitoring and evaluation of health service standards across the Forensic Hospital including the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure they effectively underpin the functioning of the Forensic Hospital.
• Co-ordinating the flow of patients across the units of the Forensic Hospital, including timely and comprehensive exchange of information between services.
• Currently responsible for the portfolio of Seclusion and Restraint Monitoring and Reporting at the Forensic Hospital.
• I previously managed the Complaints Handling Portfolio for the Forensic Hospital as well as the Rostering and Overtime Monitoring
• Have acted in the role of Forensic Hospital Deputy Director of Nursing on several occasions as required.

• Sessional teaching in undergraduate subjects in Mental Health Nursing
• Plan, deliver and evaluate student teaching materials
• Assessment and marking of student work

• Day-to-day delivery of nursing services within the Unit responsible and accountable for planning, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing services for persons admitted to the unit
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with other health streams including: Primary Health, Drug & Alcohol, Aboriginal Health and Population Health, as well as Local Health Districts
• Ensuring compliance with the NSW Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020, Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, and other relevant legislation
• Recruitment and selection of staff ensuring adequate staffing levels within the unit including staff performance development and review, management of grievances and disciplinary issues, staff and patient complaints management
• Co-ordinating the unit's multidisciplinary clinical review process and facilitating co-operative working relationships within the multidisciplinary team.

• Medication management
• Patient Observation
• Risk assessment and Management
• Complex care
• Patient admission and discharge
• Patient referral and care planning
• Family and Carer involvement
• Family and patient education
• Resource management
• Multidisciplinary team coodination